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The Red Box Lottery is running throughout December and January, so make sure you put your recycling out every collection to be in with a chance of winning.

The third winner in Nuneaton and Bedworth was Mr and Mrs Kalu of Nuneaton. As well as receiving a £50 shopping voucher just in time for Christmas, Mr Kalu also won a family voucher to see the much anticipated Pied Piper of Hamelin pantomime at The Civil Hall in Bedworth.

Mr Kalu said:  “We are very pleased to have won the red box lottery. The vouchers are brilliant just in time for Christmas and we are really looking forward to the pantomime!”

Councillor Bill Sheppard, portfolio holder for the Environment at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, said: “Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Kalu, our third red box lottery winner. It is really positive to see the support we are receiving with recycling throughout Nuneaton and Bedworth and hopefully residents will continue to recycle and re-use over the festive period. The red box lottery runs until the end of January so remember to keep putting your recycling out for collection.”

North Warwickshire’s third winner was from Beverley Grove of Coleshill who received £50 shopping vouchers. The resident said: "It was such a surprise to win the Red Box Lottery. Recycling is important and something we should all do. As a family we always try to recycle everything we can".
Councillor Tilly May, North Warwickshire Borough Council’s chair of the community and environment board, said: "Well done to Beverley Grove on winning the Red Box Lottery competition this week. The on-going competition is a great way to encourage residents to use their red box and bags to recycle everything they can, including tins and cans, this Christmas and New Year."
Did you know?

Every can that’s put into the red box could be recycled into a new one and back on the shelves or in a vending machine in just six weeks.

Tins and cans placed in your recycling are sorted into steel and aluminium at Palm Recycling before being sent to a reprocessing facility.

The steel cans are sent to Sims Metal, Hartlepool. Steel can be infinitely recycled and because it is such a widely used material, the ranges of possible uses for it are endless. Bicycle frames, pipes, train tracks, ship hulls, cars, bridges, paperclips, food and drinks cans are just some of the things made from recycled steel.

The aluminium drinks cans are sent onto Novelis, Warrington where they are usually recycled into more aluminium drinks cans.

Use your red box to recycle:
· Tins and Cans
· Aerosols
· Foil

Tip!
Squash your tins and cans using a can crusher to fit more in your red box.

All residents of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council / North Warwickshire Borough Council have to do to be in with a chance of winning £50 worth of vouchers each week is put their recycling out for collection by 7am on their normal collection day. 

For full terms and conditions please log onto http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/redboxlottery.

Link to WCC